If however you use them as moments to
non-judgmentally review where you are, what you have accomplished and where you want
to go next - remember the mini- steps - then they can be invaluable times of
reflection, renewal and re-direction!

DANCE WITH IT! EXPERIENTIAL APPS

An opportunity to
experiment with some fun

ideas...

HOW TO USE YOUR
SPEED BUMPS

1) Stop - breathe and think evaluation NOT
de-valuation!

2) Remember whereever you are right now has
value - use it to learn and stretch!

3) Count Coup - Be honest about what you have
accomplished!

Maybe you've taken
the road less traveled? Yay you!

Where have you
been?

What have you done?

Who have you
learned from?

4) Give yourself - right where you are now - at
least 5 appreciations. This is really
important!

Thursday, September 25, 2014

Part
of our focus and joy on the Human Dance Blog is to celebrate the beauty of the
many traditions that make up our human community…

Last night at sundown began the celebration of
Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year. In
this tradition "we hear the blast of the ram's horn meant to awaken our
slumbering souls to time's passage and to what we have done in the past year
and what we could do better with our lives". - Michael Strassfeld

This
New Year, (5775 in the Jewish calendar) is part of a 7 year cycle called a
Shemittah or Sabbatical year.

These
years and are considered holy years in which we are enjoined to focus more on
our spiritual mission in life… Fields were to be allowed to lie fallow, debts
were forgiven, and mankind was enjoined to focus on healing ourselves and our
land.

"Shemittah is a year of economic, environmental, and
social equity...a time when physical and social boundaries are dissolved,
reminding us that we live and thrive not within the barricades of self but in
the shelter of each other and the gifts of the wilds. We all abide in one and
the same world that we consume and renew in an endless cycle of co-generation. To keep the world humming, we must do this mindfully and properly."

Friday, September 12, 2014

I know you used to run marathons,
weigh 120 pounds, and dance til dawn...

Yay you! Give yourself a pat on the back for all your
past accomplishments and now start from today - not from yesterday!

People get stuck - and depressed -
when their expectations are not realistic - and basing goals on past performance
is by definition not real!

Forward momentum - movement - is in
our DNA. It was related to survival of
our species and is still important.

Start with where you are right now,
reward yourself for reaching realistic goals - and who knows you might be back
to dancing til dawn!

DANCE WITH IT! EXPERIENTIAL APPS

An opportunity to
experiment with some fun

ideas...

STARTING FROM NOW

Evaluate your goals

Are they realistic and
based on your current capabilities?

If you were making a
'mini-goal' what would it be?

Now try your mini-goal.

How does this feel?

Did you succeed? If yes, give yourself kudos and applause.

If no, make it more
'mini'!

Check this out:

That guy from yesterday
who can no longer run, dreams of marathons and ends up sitting in front of the
tv depressed… He needs movement but denies himself the experience because he is
holding onto the past!

Thursday, September 11, 2014

I'm talking about moderating and
modifying what you do as you - and your life - evolves. Check out these two stories, both true…

An older woman, let's call her Granny,
wasn't happy where she was living. At
her 89th birthday she announced that it was time for her to move. She had heard of a place and wanted to go
check it out… she did, she moved and she's been smiling ever since - a lot!

The second story is about a younger man
who is suffering from some debilitating physical problems…

"I'll never be able to run again,"
this ex-jock laments…

The moral of these stories?

You have to keep changing up your game... THINKING CHANGE - NOT LOSS!

Maybe you can't run like you used to -
so walk! Walking still not an option?

Perhaps some of this gets started at a
young age, both at home and in the school room, where comparisons and
competition tend to be the norm. This can
lead us to believe that there is only room for one 'winner', rather than
teaching us to take joy in working collectively and collaboratively.

In reality, our generosity of spirit,
our ability to recognize the importance of others in our lives, makes us
stronger!

DANCE WITH IT! EXPERIENTIAL APPS

An opportunity to
experiment with some fun

ideas...

HERE'S A FUN EXPERIMENT TO
TRY:

Imagine your parents
telling you how much you have contributed to their lives…

Imagine they say:

"You know, I love it
when you tell me about your life, I learn so much from you!"

How does this feel?

Now imagine your siblings
telling you how smart they think you are and how much they have learned from
you…

How does this feel?

Let each of these people
tell you how much you have contributed to their lives and how much of who they
are they've learned from you.